Devin Hayes

Stuff about me.

I am a 35 year old internet engineer. That's 18,642 in internet years. I've been plugged in since day one and coding in a variety of languages for the last 8+ years. Years don't mean diddly really.. aptitude is everything.

Born with natural DIY tendencies and an obstinate refusal to pay for what I could do myself, I began studying technologies that ranged from the plug to the screen. What started as curious tinkering evolved into a full blown obsession.

I am married to my convictions. Efficiency is a way of life for me. I can be summed up as very serious and never serious in the same breath. I take pride in humility, but I'm confident in my abilities and never balk at a challenge.

Besides an unhealthy affinity for internet technology, I enjoy wandering the left coast with camera in hand shooting urban and rural landscapes.

Skills

I'm such a geek.

Some of the acronyms/buzzwords I've acquired varying degrees of expertise include: PHP/OOP, MySQL, javascript, JQuery/AJAX, JSON, SOAP, REST, XML, Valid, semantic and accessible XHTML and CSS in compliance and accordance with the W3C and US Section 508.

Systems and technologies used:
  • PHP Frameworks: Zend, PEAR, Cake, Codeigniter, Kohana a few of my own and other lesser known libraries.
  • MySQL: Extensive experience with INNODB, MyISAM, Merge and Federated storage engines. Installation, configuration and query optimization.
  • Apache: Installation, configuration. Extensive use of mod_security, mod_evasive and mod_rewrite.
  • *Nix: Well versed in FreeBSD, Fedora and CentOS. I'm more of a programmer than Sysadmin, but I have extensive experience setting up, configuring and tuning LAMP stacks and services.
  • More!: There's not much I haven't twiddled with to, at minimum, a basic understanding of, at one time or another.

Experience

I've done stuff!

A lot of stuff actually. To note a few:

  • High volume, highly available, modular proprietary Ecommerce handling 10's of millions of dollars in sales a year.
  • High volume photography website generating more than 10 million visits per month.
  • Robust and highly performant forum similar in functionality to Vanilla. Created to be lighter, faster, Section 508 compliant, more scalable and seamlessly integrated into a CMS.
  • Interfacing and constructing a variety of API's via REST, SOAP and FTP.
  • Mutliple subscription services, ranging from downloadable goods to specialized content access per plan.
  • Robust, High volume newsletter systems utilizing plugins, multiple configurable templates and subscription "types" (eg: New products, Sale items, etc).
  • AND! An SMS subscription list used for marketing promotions and entertainment, a Quiz application, lottery application, multiple MP3 players, too many photo galleries, a few custom full text search engines, a few mini-shops, a few small Content Management Systems and more, a lot more.

Contact Me!

If'n yer feelin' chatty.

ZOMG WTF NO CONTACT FORM?!?!

No way dude. Let's kick this thing old school.

I'm currently employed full-time, but am always interested in picking up extra projects.

Feel free to contact me with general project details and timeline.

Resume and further references available on request!